Geography
Missionary Profile: Their Contribution to the World
Assignment:
With the missionary and the basic information sheet that you were given:
Do further research regarding your missionary’s contribution to the world (Christianity specific – at least), as well as the basic facts surrounding their life and work (where were they from, when, where did they go, what people group did they work with?)
Write and prepare [...]
Eastern Europe Test
Students,
Please review this PowerPoint presentation. I will be using this, your definitions handout, the map handout, the economies chart you are creating and of course your reading from the chapter to create your Quest/Test (about 25-50) questions on Monday. Feel free to use the comments section of this post to share notes and ask questions.
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Europe Questions
As I said in class, not all of these will be things you will find directly in the book, however, by the end of the weekend I would like you to be able to explain each of them using one or two short statements. Do a little research and you’ll get there. Feel free to [...]
Come, Visit _________! We’re the best!
I would like you to create a tourist advertisement poster on your given country. Each country has two people so you CAN work together. You don’t have to, but it is encouraged. You both MUST submit your own, original work though.
Here’s the technical stuff:
1. A4 paper – any color, your choice.
2. Typed or handwritten. Up [...]
Can You Do These for China?
Students, I put together a list of things that you should be able to do after reading through the section on China. I will begin giving you a list before the lesson each time, but for today I am posting it here. If you can do each one of these things, you can pass any [...]
Southern Asia: The Indian Subcontinent
Introduction (via cia.gov)
The Indus Valley civilization, one of the world’s oldest, flourished during the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. and extended into northwestern India. Aryan tribes from the northwest infiltrated onto the Indian subcontinent about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. The Maurya Empire of the 4th [...]
Central Asia: The Muslim Republics
Homework: Read pgs. 55-59. Take good quality notes either in your book or on a separate sheet of paper.
After this last test, many of you need to develop your note taking and study habits better. I would encourage you to:
Rewrite major concepts, people, and places in statements in your own words.
Write your own test questions [...]
Read, Review, & Research
Three parts to tonight’s homework. Yet, it it still very simple. Don’t think too hard about it. Keep It Simple Students!
1. Read: because reading is fun and educational. Specifically, read the sections on Israel and Lebanon in your book (pgs. 43-46).
2. Review: Answer all the section review questions on pg. 47. Make sure to use [...]
Build Your Notebook and Read, Read, Read
Homework for today is to star building your notetaking notebook on Asia with the regions of Asia written on the divider page with a little tab on the page. After that you should do a page on the basics of the first region which is the Middle East. You should take all of your notes [...]
Make Some Observations!
I am going to give you some raw data – information that alone will not help you. But, if you put the numbers together, observing things about how things are connected and asking yourself good questions (like why or how) I believe you can make some good conclusions. Or at least we can get a [...]
